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This one will be going on a 64cm Rivendell Atlantis and is ready for some touring action.
It is only a little bigger in each direction than the one I use on my Roadeo, but 1/2 slimmer to accommodate the possibility of down tube shifters in the future. Perfect for a water bladder, tent poles, or other long skinny gear that otherwise might be lashed down.
Midweek sprint for veggies!
They cut the mustard and are getting ready for tha next crop, it is going to be a dusty commute until they get it in.
All bags full and back home in under an hour, not too bad, now its time to cook!
At least most things, and maybe new twists on old themes. I was at the local used book store the other day. Every now and then I stop in to see if something new has shown up in the areas I like, and ran across Gail Heilman’s bicycle touring book. While skimming through this one I ran into a line of bags from Velocipac I had not seen before.
It seems they had made full triangle frame bags for a while.
This really shows the limitations of the internet as a catalog of all things. Today there are a few companies out there making bags like this for Lightweight MTN Bike touring, and me taking the canvas approach. But when you search the history of the things there is a big jump from the Swiss Army bike bags to the modern jumping right past things like this. Some other interesting bags of the era were made by MountainSmith under a BikeSmith label, and a local Ventura company was making bags under the Kangaroo label. It is near impossible to find good information on either company’s lines.
There were other bags that were quite interesting too, maybe a few good ideas I could incorporate into other bags. Nothing new, just recombining old ideas to suit my needs.
What do you put in a frame bag for daily use? Today it was my Houdini jacket, one dozen eggs and two avocados.
Most days is has my Gorillapod with extended legs as well as the Houdini,
On longer rides can get a 2L Platypus bag of water in there with the jacket and a first aid kit with room to spare (I still need to grab a picture of that). The most asked question by people on the street suprisingly is, “do you keep a fly rod in there”? and if I was going camping it would be the perfect place to keep the tent poles.
When I first made the bag I knew it was going to see more than touring duty, but it turns out to be incredibly useful every day.
Sunday ride to the market, windy, cloudy, cold air coming back and the strawberries are gone.
But they are fantastic while they last.
Looking forward to a new week, ride your bike.